Berlin is a city whose buildings, ruins, and voids groan under the burden of painful memories. Even if you skip major tourist destinations like the Berlin Wall Memorial or the Holocaust monuments near the Brandenburg Gate, it's nearly impossible to visit Berlin without feeling the city's pain.
The push to re-examine local history began gaining momentum in West Berlin during the early 1980s. A generation after the end of World War II, activist groups like the Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt, or the Berlin History Workshop. The activists wanted to shake up established views of history, especially by investigating crimes committed by the Third Reich and its supporters. Today, you can find lots of memorials and reminders within the city to remind us of Berlin's violent past.
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